Judith Butler

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Judith Butler FBA is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley since 1993. Butler is best known for her books Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993), in which she challenges conventional notions of gender and develops her theory of gender performativity. Butler has actively supported lesbian and gay rights movements and has spoken out on many contemporary political issues. She is a vocal critic of Zionism, Israeli politics and its effect on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Most Popular Judith Butler Trailers

Total trailers found: 11

Southern Sorceresses Trailer (2020)

07 October 2020

Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and prejudice in the streets of downtown São Paulo.

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Trailer (2015)

30 June 2015

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

Examined Life Trailer (2008)

05 September 2008

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets.

Devenir Trailer (2017)

01 October 2017

What if becoming doesn’t lead to an end, but instead is a process of being?

Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir Trailer (2025)

26 February 2025

Published in 1949, The Second Sex became the bible of global feminism. An essential work that passionately advocates for gender equality, women's independence, and the liberation of morals.

Tongue Twisters Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

« How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ? » A tongue twister is a sentence with much alliterations and is complicated to pronounce.

Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind Trailer (2006)

20 October 2006

Does gender = sexuality? How does the family define gender roles? What are the dangers when society coerces gender norms? What deep-seated social fears are unleashed by those who flout those prescribed roles? What is New Gender Politics? These are just a few of the topical issues explored in the film.

Looking for Simone Trailer (2024)

20 November 2024

In 1949, philosopher and novelist Simone de Beauvoir wrote the groundbreaking The Second Sex, launching a disruptive discourse on women’s oppression and second-class citizenship.

Fake Orgasm Trailer (2010)

02 December 2010

Lazlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, an activist capable of dinamiting our prejudices about sex and identity.

The Palestine Exception Trailer (2026)

28 January 2026

After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new form in 2023 and 2024 that has been described as the new McCarthyism.

Photo Booth Trailer (2022)

23 September 2022

Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the Eurovision song contest in Jericho.